Pope Stephen IV

Pope Stephen IV (750-24 January 817) was the Pope from 816 to 817, succeeding Pope Leo III and preceding Pope Paschal I.

Biography
Stephanus was born in 750 AD in Rome. Stephen was consecrated as pope in 816, and he was related to Pope Sergius II and Pope Adrian II. Stephen had the people of Rome swear fealty to Louis the Pious of West Francia, so Louis gave him a number of gifts, including an estate at Vendeuvre-sur-Barse in the Aube department of northern France. He died in 817 after a one-year papacy.